Sheffield High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Sheffield, IL)

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ro he-Cy A good t1me was had by all at a reunlon held by the class of 1954 recently at Cypress Gardens Flor1da The classmates and the1r famlhes were flown to the gardens 1n a luxur1ouS Capltal Alr Lmes DC 6 Connectlons were made by the former Al1ce Lempke who was at one tlme an a1r lme hostess and recently marrled a company executwe The class was very apprecxatlve for her trouble rn makmg posslble the 1974 reun1on Among those attendmg were Verlexgh Moore and her husband Dynamlte and thelr two ch1ldren Mar1an and Stanley They were marr1ed after the close of her career Ln the Van Loo L1ncoln Mercury Corporatmn J1l 1 l bu1lt hls busmess from the bottom after graduatmg from the U of I Some examples of h1s fme work are the jet propelled Lmcoln and the atomlc powered Mercury Mrs Marvm Frank the former Cheryl Jones prepared the food for the banqet Even before she and Marvm were marr1ed they wanted a b1g farznly because of her cooklng ab1l1ty Cheryl and Marvm brought thelr s1x well fed ch1ldren wlth them They enjoyed the gardens tremendously It was qulte a change from the slx hundred acre farm where they raxse whxte horses and run a r1d1ng academy The former Marle Glltner now Mrs Wendell Sm1th enJoyed belng w1th her old class mates agam Th1s was the f1rst tzme m many years Mane was able to attend a class reunlon because she has been kept so busy ra1s1ng her famlly and keep1ng up wlth all the socxal events of belng the w1.fe of a pr1nc1pal of New York .Tunmr Hlgh The former Kaye Cogger had a very long plane rxde as she and her husband came from Los Angeles Cal1forn1a where she owns and operates the Los Angeles Klndergarten Kaye enjoys her work very much as th1s has always been her ambltxon MI Ronald Moore and h1S w1.fe also had a long rxde from L A There he 1s employed as Chlef englneer at Douglas A1rcraft Corporatlon After graduatmg from the U of I he went to Cahfornla to make a name for h1mself ln the englneermg fleld and has been very successful Ronald wanted to have the reunlon at hrs spac1ous Hollywood home but the 1dea was rejected because of the locat1on Adm1ral Larry Pease and hts wxfe Amta reached the gardens 111 thexr yacht wxth flymg colors They spend rnost of t.he1r t1me cru1s1ng around the Medlberranean Sea but they dec1ded to take some t1me off and jo1n thelr classmates for the twenty year reunxon Larry Jomed the navy 1n 1960 after g1v1ng up a career 1n the rendermg busmess It took a lot of plannmg for the former Jo Ann Van De Keere to get to the reun1on because of her many dut1es as head nurse at St Francxs Hospltal Peorla and as a mother and house vufe She and her husband were marr1ed after she graduated from nurse s trammg They l1ve m the new res1dent1al d1str1ct south of Peor1a Knute Hew1tt the Presldent of Farmers State Bank at Sheff1eld and Snapper Klatt arrwed together a l1ttle late but st1ll 111 tlme for the fun Snapper set up h1s Loan Assoclatlon U1 Sheff1eld soon after he had saved enough money from work1ng at Kraft to start the bus mess He and Knute are thmkmg of golng lnto partnershlp to promote better busmess 1nBureau County They are both happ1ly marrled and are ralsmg fme famllles They too graduated from the Unwerslty of Ill1no1s Th1S Page Sponsored By O B GILTNER M D HCM BERFIELD M D Sheffield 9 . . - I . . 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 . . . - Q ' I I . - - . . . 1 n 1 . . 1 V 0 1 . Q . . . . 1 1 . 1 7 I a 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 ' .- . , . . - . . 5 l . - . . A o - . , . . . . , . .,

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Senior Class Histor Twenty four Freshmen entered Sheffreld Hxgh School ln September of 1950 They were as follows Kaye Cogger, Verlexgh Cunnmgham, June Edwards Leon Fox, Marrlyn Frank, .Tack Gentry Bob Dedmore, Marle Gmltner Donald Hasbrook, Walter Hasbrook. Bob Klatt, Conme Hewltt Ronald Hull Frank Morrasy, Cheryl Jones, Ronald Moore, An1ta Sprowls, Joyce Speakman, Jo Ann Van De Keere, Nancy Stevens, Jzrn Van Loo, Terry Nutter, Davxd Wxlcoxson, Eddle Van Melr Later LU the year Bob Dedmore moved away Offlcers elected were Presldent Bob Klatt V1ce Presldent Connle Hewitt Secretary and Treasurer Walt l-lasbrook Our sponsor was Mr Schwmd who has been selected as our sponsor for all four years of hlgh school We chose red and grey as our class colors and our banner, of whlch we are very proud, was desxgned by June Edwards Most of the boys partlclpated m the sports act1v1t1es For our class part1es we went on a skatlng party and had a party at the school Our Sophomore Class offlcers were Presxdent Conrue Hewltt V1ce Presldent Ron Moore Secretary .hm Van Loo, and Treasurer Marre Gxltner We kept up our tradltlon of havmg a St Pat s Dance Thxs year we attended a show m Kewanee for one class party For another we enjoyed a plcnxc supper at the canal mdmg out and back on a hay rack Dorcas Glbson and Larry Pease jomed us thls year We were honored to have Dorcas elected as a cheerleader Don Kelly also Jomed and left our class thxs year Jo Ann Van De Keere Secretary Kaye Cogger, and Treasurer Dorcas G1bson Ron Hull left us thls year The followmg thmgs were done thls year to earn money sellxng pompons Bar B Q, sold penc1ls and had a bake sale, besxdes the usual sellmg of pop and candy at all the home games We had a roller skatmg party and had a pxcnxc at Whlte Pmes Agam our class sponsored the St Patrlck s Dance A large crowd attended and the dance was much enjoyed The mght of our dance our rmgs arrzved and most of us recewed them that nrght Dorcas was agam chosen Vars1ty Cheerleader and Marre was chosen Junxor Vars1ty Cheer leader We worked very hard learnmg our .Tumor Play and puttmg It on After the performance was over most of us wrshed we could gxve It agam Our Semor year the offxcers elected were Presxdent .hm Van Loo, V1ce Presxdent Connre Hewltt, Secretary Ed Van Meu, and Treasurer Davxd W1lcoxson At the tlme thxs yearbook was pubhshed we were busrly practxcxng our Senxor Play whxch w1ll be gwen the 12th of March We are also happxly plannmg our class trip to whlch we are lookmg forward w1th much eager ness Thls Page Sponsored By FARMERS STATE BANK, Sheff1eld a Q f I ' I 1 . 1 . . ' . . , . : . - . . 7 . i - . - ' Our Junior year we elected the following officers: President-Jim Van Loo, Vice-President-

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The former Joyce Speakman took a few hours off from her var1ous dut1es as recept1on1st at Un1ted Au- Lmes headquarters at Ch1cago to attend the reun1on She IS marr1ed to a p1lot and they make the1r home 1n Oak Park 1n a mans Lon whxch has been 1n her husband s fam1ly for years They had a grand t1me at Cypress Gardens and are lookmg forward to the next t1me the class can get together The former Mar1lyn Frank also attended w1th her husband and f1ve ch1ldren She met her husband when attendmg the Molme Instxtute of Commerce They now l1ve Ln the Tr1 C1t16S and occasxonally get to V1S1t fr1ends and relatwes 1n her old home town Leon and Mrs Fox and all ten l1ttle Foxes were also present at the reunlon Leon started h1s own busmess as a Petrogas Stat1on manager soon after graduatmg from old S H S Dave W1lcoxson arr1ved sllghtly late but he made It 1n t1me for the banquet It seemed that h1s w1fe couldn t make the reun1on because twms were expected to arrwe at any t1me Dav1d has been successful 1n h1s career 1n the army Smce he has been made a General he hasn t been able to get back to h1s old home town very often Mr and Mrs Edward Van Me 1r flew to the gardens from Spflngfleld Ed got 1nto P011t1CS soon after graduatlon when he went to work for the Farm Bureau Later they sponsored h1m as a representatwe and he has held a seat 1n the House ever smce .Tack Gentry had a fme t1me at the reumon V1S1t11'lg w1th old classmates and buy1ng them l1ttle g1fts that he thought they would l1ke H1s outlook on lxfe IS havlng fun spend1ng h1s second m1ll1on Everybody has heard of h1s KIDDIE CAR COMPANY wh1ch he buxlt up from pract1cally nothmg Walt Hasbrook attended the reun1on 1n f1ne style w1th h1s fam1ly whlch IS now res1d1ng at the1r spaclous l 000 acre farm whlch 1S located north of Sheff1eld Because h1s w1fe was afra1d of planes they arr1ved 1n the 1r 1974 sky blue p1nk and buckle brown Lmcoln Bud Morrasy and h1s famzly arr1ved from the grow 1ng Clty of Sheff1eld where he IS now the owner of the Super Duper Market He and h1s farn1ly have just completed bu1ldmg the xr new all p1aSt1C house HIS two g1rls and boy enjoyed the atmosphere of the gardens and hope to aga1n meet the ch1ldren of the1r fathers classmates Tuss Nutter and h1S w1fe Kay, came to the gardens 1n the1r own pr1vate plane Terry bought out the General Motors Company and IS now turnlng out the world s most famous automob1le He 1s now U1 the process of turnmg out the Hydrogen Automob1le wh1ch w11l revolut1on1ze the 1ndustry Dorcas and Duane Moore and the1r s1x boys attended the reumon Due to her early rnarr1age, shortly after graduatmg from h1gh school she has been able to rear a large famxly of whlch they are very proud Don Hasbrook had the good fortune to marry a cattle buyer s daughter and 15 now ope rat mg a 5 000 acre ranch 1n western Colorado He 1S now trymg to lease an add1t1onal 10 000 acres on wh1ch he plans to ra1se purebred Herefords Th1s Page Sponsored By LEONARD HANSEN, Bulldozmg 81 Dredgmg, Contractxng, Sheff1e1d . 1 4 u f 1 ' I ' 4 0 . U - . Q . f.. . . . , . . . . 4 . s - A Q I l ' - . . 0 . 1 -- - - - . . 4 . . . , . 9 . . . , s n a . . , . 1 . a .